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Key outcomes

- PFM budget model (one-time purchase, $8,500): Approved on a recorded roll-call vote, 5-1. The board amended the contract language to reflect the expense as a one-time cost to be paid from the superintendent's and business office budgets. The recorded vote in the transcript shows: Levi Kressler (Yes); Kirk Nagel (No); Dr. Nathan Goetz (Yes); Fred Scott (Yes); Darren Donovan (Yes); Steph Eberly (Yes). Motion carried 5 yes, 1 no.

- James Byrd Elementary roof replacement: Administration recommended accepting the lowest responsible bid from Heidler Roofing (York, PA) for $1,417,000. The board approved the award; board members confirmed the project will be completed over the summer.

- FSA developers agreement and deed of easement (senior high water meter): Approved. The board authorized the agreements with the Shippensburg Borough Authority that include a security deposit of $198,700 to be held by the borough and released upon completion and inspection of the work.

- Residency adjudication (students AB1 and AB2): Following a residency hearing held Dec. 16, the board approved the adjudication that the students named in the matter are not residents of the district.

- CAIU ESL services (25-26 school year): The board approved contracting with the Capital Area Intermediate Unit to provide a certified ESL teacher two days per week through 2025-26 at $800 per day plus a 7.5% administration fee.

- Shippensburg University research MOU: Approved. The university was authorized to conduct a research study using de-identified aggregate district student data under the terms of the attached memorandum of understanding.

- Ames Janitorial services (as-needed substitute custodial coverage): Approved one-year agreement; the district will pay $30 per hour per person when services are used; no charge if unused.

- Donation of 2009 GMC van from Boyo Transportation (estimated value $5,000): Approved and accepted for district transportation use.

- Bid re-advertisement for bollards and planters: Facilities committee recommended advertising a revised RFP after an earlier bid cycle returned no bids; board approved reauthorization to re-advertise. The project will be paid from PCCD grant funds (2325 award) and remains on a timeline to complete prior to grant deadlines.

Other routine consent items approved by voice vote included minutes, finance reports and personnel items listed on the consent agenda.

Why it matters: The capital and contract approvals move forward routine operations, planned capital repairs and grant-funded security projects. The recorded decision to purchase the PFM budget model signals board interest in a more detailed, model-driven budgeting tool; that purchase passed by roll call 5-1.

What's next: Administrators will proceed with the roofing contract, the developers agreement and the other approved contracts and return any further required items to the board for ratification or reporting as the work progresses.

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The presentation, provided to the board as the curriculum report, described growth (progress over time) rather than achievement (a point-in-time score). Presenters said dark blue on PVAS indicates students exceeded state growth standards, light blue indicates moderate exceedance, green indicates meeting expectations and red/yellow indicate students falling behind. The district's spring assessment data (the presentation referred to the prior academic year and spring 2023 results) showed notable growth in several elementary and middle grades in math and ELA; algebra, biology and literature keystone indicators also showed favorable growth.

District staff told the board that 4th, 5th, 7th and 8th grades showed math growth above state expectations while 6th grade showed a decline that warrants investigation. In English language arts, staff said 4th and 6th grades showed growth beyond predictions, 8th grade met expectations and 5th grade raised concerns.

Administrators said next steps include identifying 'bright spots' (classrooms and grades with above-expectation growth), studying practices to replicate that instruction in lower-performing grades, and continuing to monitor diagnostic data such as IXL, Acadience and classroom measures. Board members pressed for local context (how Shippensburg performs against itself rather than only versus the state) and asked for additional breakdowns to be provided at a future meeting.

Why it matters: Growth data helps the district prioritize coaching and curriculum adjustments where students are not progressing as expected and highlights where practices are working.

What the board heard next: Curriculum leaders said they will dig into 5th- and 6th-grade causes, consult coaches and teachers for replicable practices, and return with targeted plans.

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Board members said several current committees primarily provide information rather than policy direction and argued some work could be handled as presentations to the committee of the whole or by ad-hoc teams called as needed. The proposal advanced by several directors is to keep a smaller set of standing groups (facilities/safety and a budget/finance group) and fold informational committees such as athletics and transportation into periodic whole-board updates or ad-hoc meetings.

Supporters of a finance subcommittee said a small group could do the detailed, multi-month financial analysis that the whole board cannot easily manage and then present distilled findings and recommendations to the full board. One board member noted that even a 1% district-wide savings could free roughly $680,000 for other uses, and stressed the committee would only make recommendations, not execute policy.

Administrators and committee chairs said they are willing to present committee reports themselves at board meetings rather than relying on the volunteer chairs to summarize discussions. Several directors suggested time-of-day adjustments for committee meetings (for example, holding committee work the hour before regularly scheduled board evenings) to reduce calendar strain on members.

No formal vote was taken to create or dissolve committees at the meeting. Leadership said it would draft specific verbiage to change board policy where required, research the formal process for creating/dissolving committees, and return with a proposal for board consideration and possible vote at a later meeting.

Why it matters: The change would alter how the board oversees matters such as transportation, athletics, transportation carrier negotiations and policy review; it could speed some decisions and change who receives detailed budget information first.

Next steps: Board leadership will prepare policy language and a recommended structure for future consideration, schedule follow-up committee meetings and present a formal action item for a later meeting if members want to create a standing budget subcommittee or dissolve existing committees.

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Board approves a series of contracts, donations and capital projects; PFM budget model passes 5-1

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Shippensburg board debates cutting committees, eyes budget subcommittee to hunt savings